{"title":"评估旁遮普省部分医院护士对乙型肝炎普遍预防知识和态度的探索性研究","authors":"Kiranjit Kaur ","doi":"10.31690/ijnr/78","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background: The knowledge of nursing staff regarding hepatitis B virus (HBV) when their daily activities will be closely related to patients’ body fluids plays a vital role in minimizing the risk of acquiring HBV infection. Objective: We aimed to assess the knowledge regarding HBV infection among nursing staff. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a structured self-administered questionnaire among the nursing staff in Tagore Hospital, Jalandhar. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data. Results: Most (51%) of staff nurses had good knowledge followed by 44% who had excellent knowledge and few (5%) staff nurses with average knowledge score regarding universal precautions about hepatitis B. No staff nurse had poor knowledge score. All of the (100%) staff nurses had desirable attitude regarding universal precautions about hepatitis B. Conclusion: The staff had good knowledge regarding HBV infection and its preventive aspect.","PeriodicalId":92656,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nursing research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"An Exploratory Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Universal Precautions about Hepatitis B among Staff Nurses in Selected Hospitals, Punjab\",\"authors\":\"Kiranjit Kaur \",\"doi\":\"10.31690/ijnr/78\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"Background: The knowledge of nursing staff regarding hepatitis B virus (HBV) when their daily activities will be closely related to patients’ body fluids plays a vital role in minimizing the risk of acquiring HBV infection. Objective: We aimed to assess the knowledge regarding HBV infection among nursing staff. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a structured self-administered questionnaire among the nursing staff in Tagore Hospital, Jalandhar. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data. Results: Most (51%) of staff nurses had good knowledge followed by 44% who had excellent knowledge and few (5%) staff nurses with average knowledge score regarding universal precautions about hepatitis B. No staff nurse had poor knowledge score. All of the (100%) staff nurses had desirable attitude regarding universal precautions about hepatitis B. Conclusion: The staff had good knowledge regarding HBV infection and its preventive aspect.\",\"PeriodicalId\":92656,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"International journal of nursing research\",\"volume\":\" \",\"pages\":\"\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"2019-06-26\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"International journal of nursing research\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://doi.org/10.31690/ijnr/78\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"\",\"JCRName\":\"\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International journal of nursing research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.31690/ijnr/78","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
An Exploratory Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Universal Precautions about Hepatitis B among Staff Nurses in Selected Hospitals, Punjab
Background: The knowledge of nursing staff regarding hepatitis B virus (HBV) when their daily activities will be closely related to patients’ body fluids plays a vital role in minimizing the risk of acquiring HBV infection. Objective: We aimed to assess the knowledge regarding HBV infection among nursing staff. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a structured self-administered questionnaire among the nursing staff in Tagore Hospital, Jalandhar. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data. Results: Most (51%) of staff nurses had good knowledge followed by 44% who had excellent knowledge and few (5%) staff nurses with average knowledge score regarding universal precautions about hepatitis B. No staff nurse had poor knowledge score. All of the (100%) staff nurses had desirable attitude regarding universal precautions about hepatitis B. Conclusion: The staff had good knowledge regarding HBV infection and its preventive aspect.